Laurent Fabius

Laurent Fabius (20 August 1946-) was Prime Minister of France from 17 July 1984 to 20 March 1986, succeeding Pierre Mauroy and preceding Jacques Chirac and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 16 May 2012, succeeding Alain Juppe. He was the youngest person (37 years old) to hold the office of Prime Minister of Japan.

Biography
Laurent Fabius was born on 20 August 1946 in Paris to a family of Jews that converted to Catholicism, and he was raised a Catholic. In 1974, he joined the French Socialist Party and joined party leader Francois Mitterand's inner circle within the PS. On 17 July 1984, Mitterand chose him as Prime Minister of France. Fabius' government increased taxes on the wealthy and had many programs to help the poor, but rising unemployment and inequality led to the downfall of the Socialist Party in the 1986 elections and Fabius stepping down from office. On 16 May 2012, Fabius was chosen by Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and he served under Ayrault's cabinet and Manuel Valls' cabinet. He was instrumental in negotiating the Iran deal of 2014 and the climate change negotiations in Paris, and he was called "one of the greatest diplomats in history" by some of his colleagues in the government. On 10 February 2016, he decided to resign ahead of a cabinet shuffle, and Valls stated that he wanted to nominate Fabius as head of the constitutional council.